Poor Corn Crop Result of Weather
Raleigh AP reports cold wet spring and July drought cut North Carolina corn by 30 percent, to an estimated 67.4 million bushels from 96.5 million last year. Flue cured tobacco rose to 794.6 million pounds, with per acre yield up 110 pounds. Soybeans near last year at 19.8 million bushels, corn per acre forecast 22. Burley tobacco remains near good condition with 2,100 pounds per acre. Flue cured by belts shows declines and gains across Middle Old Belt and Border.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Federal
Thursda
Border
Indians win long distance covered wagon prize at Pow Wow
Two Navajo participants from the Flagstaff region won cash prizes for traveling the greatest distance by covered wagon at the 38th annual All-Indian Pow Wow held July 24. Skinny Manson and Jake Cart drove their wagon more than 120 miles from Pinon to the celebration.
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Flagstaff, Ariz
Flagstaff
Skinny Manson
Jake Cart
Pinon
Twin Slaying Among 14-Year-Olds Sparks Bombshell Case
In Graham North Carolina a 14 year old Alamance County boy was jailed on a manslaughter charge for the Thursday shooting death of his twin brother Densel Lee Duckworth. Delbert Robert Duckworth faces a $5000 bond and will appear before the Alamance County Grand Jury next week. The incident occurred at their Mebane home when an empty gun was reportedly loaded and fired during play. The victim died at a local doctor’s office.
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Graham
N.C
Alamance County
Delbert Robert Duckworth
Rt. 1
Mebane
Delbert
Newton
Alamance County, Grand Jury
Superior Court
Future Of Milk: Sterile milk may cut household trips
In Asheville AP report from the Columbia Bank for Cooperatives meeting, William C. Thacker of Farmers Cooperative Dairy says sterile milk could let housewives buy dairy needs every few weeks rather than daily. J W Fanning of the University of Georgia foresees farmers gaining more political influence by 1975 as organization and participation grow.
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Asheville
William C. Thacker
Farmers Co-operative Dairy of
Winston-Salem
Thacker
Columbia
S.C.) Bank For Cooperatives
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
J. W. Fanning
University of Georgia
Flue-Cured Leaf Demand Drops on Belt Markets
Slightly weaker demand for flue-cured tobacco on the South Carolina Border North Carolina Belt markets. Losses in grade averages run $1 to $2 per hundred, mainly on primings and nondescript. Volume is heavy. average price $65.37, down 86 cents from Tuesday.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Federal State Market News Service
Stabilization Corp
Turtle nests in car upholstery after four months
In Memphis Tennessee C B Roach heard a persistent kerplunk in his car. A mechanic found a turtle hidden behind an upholstery panel where it had apparently nested for about four months.
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Memphis
Tenn
C. B
Roach
Kerplunk
Beaufort Faces State Action Over Bogue Sound Pollution
The state may sue to stop pollution of Bogue Sound as Beaufort town officials face a September hearing in Raleigh. Raw sewage from Beaufort and Morehead City has troubled shellfish harvesting, with Morehead City building a new sewage plant and Beaufort remaining a key pollution source.
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Raleigh
Beaufort
Bogue Sound
Earl C. Hubbard
Division of Stream Sanitation
State
Stream Sanitation Committee
Morehead City
Hubbard
Sound
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